James Hunt is a Partner and Carbis Walker LLP's Coordinator of Health Care Services. During the past eleven years with the Firm, James has worked with health care entities on a variety of financial and operational engagements. He has extensive experience in auditing health care entities and adding value to the audit process.

His background includes providing services such as Medicare and Medicaid Cost Report preparation; performing operational reviews focusing on improved efficiency; litigation support relative to Medicare and Medicaid Appeals; for profit and not-for-profit tax issues; purchase/sales of health care organizations; evaluation of financing alternatives; evaluation of ancillary department efficiency; health care benchmarking studies; development of health care activity based costing systems; negotiating ancillary vendor contracts; auditing Corporate Compliance Programs; and acting as the Independent Review Organization under Corporate Integrity Agreements.

James has been extensively involved in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Balance Budget Refinement Act of 1999 and the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000. He has used his in-depth knowledge of the various regulatory issues in helping clients maximize reimbursement while maintaining compliance.

James is a graduate of Grove City College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He also represents the Firm as a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging (PANPHA) and the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA). He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and various other professional and industry associations. James has conducted numerous speaking engagements relative to health care finance for state health care associations and state CPA societies and has written articles for local and national publications.